Written in Spring 2016
To all to whom these letters hear
The words of Rhys and Gwenhwyvere
Our king and queen do greet the hall
with this tale of protocol.
Our Lady Jane, the story goes
Was tasked to write a lot of prose
She wrote some words down in a book
And so we took a closer look
The list of how and what and where
Had a line which made us stare
While every other part was clear
an odd instruction did appear.
“Appease the Crown, and in all Things,
Mind the Queen and mind the king.
If they have a whim or two
that’s what a herald good must do.”
"While court is normally right side up
if suggested, flip your cup
and body, book, and chair,” it said,
“you may herald on your head.”
We asked poor Jane to clarify
She said to us, “I can not lie.
I put it there, but never thought
of the humor my work hath wrought.”
We read it once, then two times more.
We hadn’t seen this line before!
“It must be too good to be true,
But it’s a thing we gotta do!”
So here we are upon our crowns
Thoroughly, truly, upside down.
We hope you all were quite enthralled
of this tale of protocol.
Nothing specific. Quatrains with AABB rhyme.